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Doll is accused of obtaining money under false pretenses for his involvement in defrauding Huron County municipalities, which had contracted with WWS to dispose of their curbside waste and recycling separately. WWS charged the community amounts per family/per month for waste removal with a portion of that money specifically paying for proper disposal of recyclables.

However, WWS mixed regular trash with recyclables when dumping at Cove Landfill.

According to court documents, Bad Axe City Manager John Nugent told investigators "the city had a contractual agreement with Cove Landfill of Bad Axe, Inc. from March 15, 1999 through June 20, 2002 for the removal of residential waste." The city paid more than $348,700 during that period.

WWS assumed the contract in July 2000 and entered into a new contract with them from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2005 at the rate of $9.01 per household/per month. For that amount, WWS was responsible for disposing of recyclables, regular waste and compost wastes separately. According to the felony complaint, the contract was worth over $10,000 a month.

This was also the case in Elkton, where they had a contract with WWS from February 9, 2000 through March 30, 2003. That contract called for the village to pay a minimum of $8.31 per household for 333 households; this resulted in payments in excess of $102,379.00 to WWS.

The City of Harbor Beach paid $9.10 per household/per month for 734 households from October 1, 199 through September 30, 2001 as part of a contract, which WWS assumed in July 2000. This resulted in payments in excess of $89,000 from the city.

They entered into a new contract from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2005 and paid $7.20 per household/per month. With 734 households, Harbor Beach was paying over $5,000 a month to WWS until they ceased doing business in the county.

The Village of Pigeon contracted WWS for waste pick-up from March 1, 2002 through February 28, 2005. For that service they paid $8.45 per month/per household for a total of 475 households, which resulted in payments of over $4,000 a month.

The Village of Port Austin paid WWS $8.32 per month/per household from March 1, 2002 through February 28, 2005. With 300 households in the village, this resulted in payments of around $2,500 per month.

From September 30, 1999 through September 30, 2002, the Village of Ubly paid between $8.15-$8.40 (on a graduated scale) per household/per month for waste disposal for 386 households. WWS assumed the contract as of July 2000. During the contract period, the village paid WWS in excess of $84,939.

At the arraignment hearing Doll, who by law was entitled to have a probable cause hearing within 14 days of his arraignment, waived that right so that the preliminary exam for himself and the Campos (Dominic and Sharon) could be held at the same time.

District Court Judge David B. Harrington arranged for a conference call with Campo attorney Carl Marlinga, so that a date could be scheduled. After some discussion, it was agreed on that the hearing would take place on August 13th at 10 a.m.

It was expected that the prelim could take up to three days, but rather than blocking out three consecutive days, they would instead set the first day and go from there.

Doll had his bond set at $20,000/10 percent.